It was peaceful, it was quiet, it was beautiful, and nice to be away from all telephones and computers, all tasks and ordinary demands, all talking, all purposeful activity. The retreat participants are busy people like everyone else, and they appreciated the silence, the natural surroundings, and the chance to do nothing but experience their lives in the simplest possible way.
Life is a challenge and in the welter of it all it is easy to forget who you are.
Facing pain — not denial, not running in the opposite direction — is a practical necessity.
Fundamentally, to live is to embrace each moment as if it were the first, last, and all moments of time.
It is impossible that things will always work out, impossible to avoid pain and discomfort. so to be happy. we need to be able to make use of what happens to us — all of it
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It was peaceful, it was quiet, it was beautiful, and nice to be away from all telephones and computers, all tasks and ordinary demands, all talking, all purposeful activity. The retreat participants are busy people like everyone else, and they appreciated the silence, the natural surroundings, and the chance to do nothing but experience their lives in the simplest possible way.
Life is a challenge and in the welter of it all it is easy to forget who you are.
Facing pain — not denial, not running in the opposite direction — is a practical necessity.
Fundamentally, to live is to embrace each moment as if it were the first, last, and all moments of time.
It is impossible that things will always work out, impossible to avoid pain and discomfort. so to be happy. we need to be able to make use of what happens to us — all of it
《旁觀者》p. 499
經濟大蕭條之下的美國所強調的雖是不拘禮節，但是真正的特色卻是願意互相幫助，並給別人一個機會。互相幫助就美國人特別針對大蕭條所做出的回應，這和大蕭條的另一面，也就是猜疑、乖戾、恐懼和嫉妒，完全不同。
美國人這種回應和面臨大災難時的反應，如出一轍，正如在大地震、洪水或颶風的肆虐之後，整個社區不分彼此、互相救援。三O年代的美國人談起經濟大蕭條猶如說到天然災害，每個人都有一籮筐的故事可講，例如：「我是怎麼熬過來的？」或是「我的不幸」等，在長篇大論之後，歸結一句：「你瞧，我現在不是又好端端了嗎？你也可以做到。」幾年後，倫敦慘遭空襲，面對這樣的痛苦、危險和空前的煎熬，英國人所表現出的那種同情、關懷、友愛和互助的精神，讓世人大為驚訝。我可不感到詑異，在美國經濟大蕭條時，我就見識到這一點了。
《莊子》人間世
仲尼曰：「若一志，無聽之以耳而聽之以心，無聽之以心而聽之以氣！心止於符。氣也者，虛而待物者也。唯道集虛。虛者，心齋也。」
洪流可怕，人言更堪憂
如果
災難是上天賜予台灣子民同修的人生功課
我們能否在雨過天青的當下，靜思共勉─
人鮮少完美無缺，鮮少萬能
用時間改變殘破的空間，把握當下
學習以鼓勵取代苛責
學習以提醒取代謾罵
學著成就他人
學著寬容體諒
學著虛懷若谷
學著傾聽扶持
學著
學著
天地守護我們，有情有義有淚
大家心手相連，學著
以慈悲心累積正面能量，重建希望的勇敢台灣
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